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Elektra: Assassin Comics in general

Description: Genre: Graphic Novels / Comics

Newest Review: ... for its day, when recurring characters in superhero comics hardly ever died. This series is set before the Daredevil stories. The plot is rather complicated, but basically it involves Elektra's attempts to prevent the evil cult of ninjas known as The Hand from possessing the mind of the President of the US, and causing World War Three. The artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz is incredible. ... more

... Nothing like it had been seen before in a Marvel comic, and it's still stunning today. It largely abandons the kind of pseudo realism that you find in most superhero comics, instead using a variety of different styles of painted artwork that range fro...more

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Elektra: Assassin Comics in general: Classic 80s graphic novel (398 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 12/04/01 (Very useful, 97 readings)
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The 1980s was an exciting time in the world of comics. Seminal work by the likes of Alan Moore and Frank Miller had proved that comics about superheroes could appeal to an adult audience. Elektra Assassin was one such work. Written in 1986 by Frank Miller at about the same time as his more famous Batman The Dark Knight Returns, it follwed on from his earlier work on the Marvel series Daredevil. Elektra, a ninja assassin, had been the love interest for Daredevil before Miller had her brutally murdered, an extremely shocking development for its day, when recurring characters in superhero comics hardly ever died. This series is set before the Daredevil ...

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